Even Your Fat Cells Need Sleep, According to New Research
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In a study that challenges the long-held notion that the primary function of sleep is to give rest to the brain, researchers have found that not getting enough shut-eye has a harmful impact on fat cells, reducing by 30 percent their ability to respond to insulin, a hormone that regulates energy. |
Findings Reveal Brain Mechanisms at Work During Sleep
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New findings report the important role sleep plays, and the brain mechanisms at work as sleep shapes memory, learning, and behavior. |
Sleep’s Choice: Living with Narcolepsy
 By Julie FlygareEvery day, at least once, but usually twice, my head gets heavy, as if a weight sits on my skull, and I know, right then, that sleep is coming. If I don’t put my head down immediately, the heaviness only gets heavier. |
National Sleep Foundation (NSF) Creates Sleep Shop, the One-Stop Place for Patient and Doctor Sleep Supplies
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Arlington, VA, October 2, 2012 – The National Sleep Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable, educational, and scientific not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving sleep health and safety, today announced the addition of a one-stop sleep shop to its website www.sleepfoundation.org. |
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